TractIQ Launches AI Connector, Bringing Verified Self-Storage Data Into Claude and ChatGPT
TractIQ Launches AI Connector, Bringing Verified Self-Storage Data Into Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot The first self-storage data platform that works directly inside the AI tools investors, brokers, and operators already use. Austin, TX, May 12, 2026. TractIQ today launched the TractIQ AI Connector, bringing the industry’s most complete self-storage dataset directly into Claude, ChatGPT, and […]
The Nation’s Self-Storage Assets Financial Report
The Verified Numbers Behind the Nation’s Storage Assets Forget street rates. Forget rule-of-thumb expense ratios. This report is built on something the industry has never had at scale: verified, borrower-reported financial performance data from CMBS-reporting self-storage facilities across the U.S. The TractIQ Self-Storage Financials Report delivers the benchmarks serious investors, operators, and lenders actually need […]
TractIQ Featured in The Wall Street Journal
Local communities are fighting back against sprawling storage centers, even as owners try to make them better neighbors By Fred A. Bernstein Apr 15, 2026 Sara Vass, a marketing executive, calls herself “the queen of storage spaces.” She has one cramped unit not far from her Lower Manhattan apartment, and another on the East End […]
Q4 2025 REIT Data Download
FREE DOWNLOAD 10 Years of Self-Storage REIT Performance Data Here’s what’s inside 👇 → Quarterly data from Q1 2015 to Q4 2025 → Achieved rent per SF and same-store occupancy for Extra Space Storage, CubeSmart, Public Storage, NSA Storage (pre-acquisition), and SmartStop Self Storage → Same-store revenue growth, expense growth, and NOI growth by REIT […]
CEO, Noah Starr, Featured on the Cover of Messenger Magazine
We’re so proud to see our CEO, Noah Starr, featured on the cover of Messenger this month. The piece touches on a challenge we’ve spent so much time on at TractIQ, bringing clarity to the data that drives real performance in self-storage. We’re grateful to be part of an industry that continues to move toward […]
2025 – Q4 Self Storage REIT Report
Self-storage REITs ended 2025 on firmer footing than they began the year. Operating trends improved relative to 2024, and management teams broadly expect another step forward in 2026 as new supply continues to moderate. Here are some highlights for the quarter: Key Self-Storage Insights Street-rate declines persisted in Q4, but continues to stabilize. REIT street […]
2026 Self-Storage Almanac Data Release
The 2026 MSM Self-Storage Almanac is out. As the official data provider, we’re giving away the REIT occupancy dataset that powers it. REIT Occupancy Remains High, but the Real Story is What’s Missing Public self-storage REITs continue to report strong same-store occupancy, with averages hovering in the low-to-mid 90% range through 2024 and into 2025. […]
2025 Self-Storage Occupancy Report
See the 2025 Occupancy Data Your Competitors Missed For decades, the self-storage industry made billions of dollars of investment decisions each year without access to verified, facility level operating performance. Unlike rental rates or construction activity, occupancy and in place financials were never systematically available. Market participants were forced to rely on proxy signals such […]
REIT Street Rate Source Data for 40+ MSAs
REIT Street Rate Source Data for 40+ MSAs Historical data going back to January 2024 for non-climate-controlled 10x10s and climate-controlled 10x10s. MSAs that experienced strong year-over-year rate growth include Cincinnati, Boston, Memphis, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and New Orleans. MSAs that experienced the greatest year-over-year rate declines include San Antonio, Las Vegas, Charlotte, Houston, and Providence.
2025 – Q3 Self Storage REIT Report
REIT Street Rates Experienced Positive Growth Overall, each self-storage REIT expressed 2025 being better than 2024 operationally. 2026 is expected to be even better than 2025 due to new supply continuing to slow. Key Q3 2025 Self-Storage Insights Even though housing related demand is not expected to materially increase in 2026, the REITs remain optimistic […]
